Re: [Dspace-general] Theses in DSpace

Hi Margret,
It's great that you are finding 'good practices' elsewhere when it comes
to the dissertations metadata. It seems to me that
> Thanks for responding to my question. We are planning to use the
> existing qualified DC in DSpace for our theses, but we would like to add
> a few fields for the thesis-specific information, such as thesis
> department and degree granted. We were originally planning to put the
Not sure what degree granted is about. are the possible Palues h D or dr?
>
> thesis.degree.name Name of degree (Masters in Operations
> Research)
> thesis.degree.level Level of education (masters, doctoral)
> thesis.degree.discipline Area of study (name of department or
> program)
> thesis.degree.grantor Institution granting the degree
There is no problem with these fields if the values are not restricted,
except for the service providers of course :)
Wouldn't it be an idea to constrain the values, or set a language? If
I'm giving dutch strings and yours are in English we do have a slight
problem.
>
> I believe that the Thesis Alive! project is seriously considering using
> this. I am also in communication with Ed Fox (NDLTD) and Thom
> Hickey(OCLC) to find out how likely it is that the NDLTD standard will
> be brought into the Dublin Core. And I'm also trying to find out if the
> electronic thesis/dissertation OAI Union Catalog will ever adopt those
> fields (So far it uses simple DC.)
Yes, good idea. Keep us posted. If there is anything I can do, if only
to keep an eye on non-english users, let me know.
>> We have adapted DSpace to expert qualified dublin core too, so we can
>> use this field for localized services (web display) in the near future.
>
>
> I'm assuming you meant "export" in this sentence? Have you created an
> XML Schema of the DSpace metadata?
Blush. Yes I meant export.
No XML Schema as yet. We are using it for internal purposes only and
have not yet 'fixed' the elements we want to use. We are experimenting a
little. Of course, an xsd will be made in due time.
Regards,
Henk
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Hi all,
I'm wondering if any other institutions are planning to use DSpace for
theses. I know that the Theses Alive! project in the UK is doing this, and
we at MIT are also planning an implementation. I'm thinking that it would
be very useful if we could all agree to use the same metadata standard to
accommodate theses in DSpace.
Margret
Margret Branschofsky
DSpace User Support Manager
Digital Library Research Group
Bldg. 14S-M24
(617)253-1293
margretb@...
http://dspace.mit.edu

Hi Margret,
> I'm wondering if any other institutions are planning to use DSpace for
> theses. I know that the Theses Alive! project in the UK is doing this,
> and we at MIT are also planning an implementation. I'm thinking that it
> would be very useful if we could all agree to use the same metadata
> standard to accommodate theses in DSpace.
We use DSpace as an Institutional Repository and have included a number
of dissertations. It will not be long before we will put all (well,
except the obvious few) dissertations of the Erasmus University in DSpace.
So far we have not given dissertations any special treatment in terms of
metadata. We do use aQDC field description.sponsorship for the names of
the promotores (is that an English word too?). We have adapted DSpace to
expert qualified dublin core too, so we can use this field for localized
services (web display) in the near future.
However, we sure would like it if there were some kind of (exportable)
metadataset, standardized across DSpace users, for dissertations. If you
can initiate something, we are willing to co-operate and spend some
quality time on it.
Regards,
Henk Ellermann
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- University Library, Erasmus University Rotterdam
- P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- ellermann@...
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Hello Henk and JQ,
Thanks for responding to my question. We are planning to use the existing
qualified DC in DSpace for our theses, but we would like to add a few
fields for the thesis-specific information, such as thesis department and
degree granted. We were originally planning to put the thesis advisor (or
sponsor or supervisor) under Contributor.advisor and the department and
degree under Description.department and Description.degree.
But now we are exploring alternatives and seeing what others are using
before making a decision. The NDLTD schema, for example, uses (simple)
Dublin Core with the addition of a Degree element and 4:
thesis.degree.name Name of degree (Masters in Operations Research)
thesis.degree.level Level of education (masters, doctoral)
thesis.degree.discipline Area of study (name of department or program)
thesis.degree.grantor Institution granting the degree
I believe that the Thesis Alive! project is seriously considering using
this. I am also in communication with Ed Fox (NDLTD) and Thom Hickey(OCLC)
to find out how likely it is that the NDLTD standard will be brought into
the Dublin Core. And I'm also trying to find out if the electronic
thesis/dissertation OAI Union Catalog will ever adopt those fields (So far
it uses simple DC.)
I have one question for Henk:
>We have adapted DSpace to expert qualified dublin core too, so we can use
>this field for localized services (web display) in the near future.
I'm assuming you meant "export" in this sentence? Have you created an XML
Schema of the DSpace metadata?
Best regards,
Margret
Margret Branschofsky
DSpace User Support Manager
Digital Library Research Group
Bldg. 14S-M24
(617)253-1293
margretb@...
http://dspace.mit.edu

Hello All,
This discussion is extremely timely as we (the Theses Alive! team) are currently
investigating metadata schemas for ETDs. It seems we are taking the same
approach as Margret in that we are "exploring alternatives and seeing what
others are using before making a decision". It would be extremely useful if we
could all together reach a consensus on what to use.
So far we have compared the DSPace default DC with the ETD-MS schema and the TDM
DTD and come up with a proposed list that we are thinking of using. If you are
interested you can visit our web site and see our Proposed Submission Fields and
Related Metadata Elements:
http://www.thesesalive.ac.uk/archive/SchemaComparison.html
or have a look at a compiled list of the main DTDs for ETDs available;
http://www.thesesalive.ac.uk/archive/MetadataSchemas.html
We would welcome feedback on our proposed list!
Kind regards
Theo
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Dr. Theo Andrew *
Project Officer for * Tel: 0131 651 1612
Theses Alive! & SHERPA * Fax: 0131 650 3380
Edinburgh University *
Main Library * http://www.thesesalive.ac.uk
George Square * http://www.sherpa.ac.uk
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ *
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Hi Margret,
It's great that you are finding 'good practices' elsewhere when it comes
to the dissertations metadata. It seems to me that
> Thanks for responding to my question. We are planning to use the
> existing qualified DC in DSpace for our theses, but we would like to add
> a few fields for the thesis-specific information, such as thesis
> department and degree granted. We were originally planning to put the
Not sure what degree granted is about. are the possible Palues h D or dr?
>
> thesis.degree.name Name of degree (Masters in Operations
> Research)
> thesis.degree.level Level of education (masters, doctoral)
> thesis.degree.discipline Area of study (name of department or
> program)
> thesis.degree.grantor Institution granting the degree
There is no problem with these fields if the values are not restricted,
except for the service providers of course :)
Wouldn't it be an idea to constrain the values, or set a language? If
I'm giving dutch strings and yours are in English we do have a slight
problem.
>
> I believe that the Thesis Alive! project is seriously considering using
> this. I am also in communication with Ed Fox (NDLTD) and Thom
> Hickey(OCLC) to find out how likely it is that the NDLTD standard will
> be brought into the Dublin Core. And I'm also trying to find out if the
> electronic thesis/dissertation OAI Union Catalog will ever adopt those
> fields (So far it uses simple DC.)
Yes, good idea. Keep us posted. If there is anything I can do, if only
to keep an eye on non-english users, let me know.
>> We have adapted DSpace to expert qualified dublin core too, so we can
>> use this field for localized services (web display) in the near future.
>
>
> I'm assuming you meant "export" in this sentence? Have you created an
> XML Schema of the DSpace metadata?
Blush. Yes I meant export.
No XML Schema as yet. We are using it for internal purposes only and
have not yet 'fixed' the elements we want to use. We are experimenting a
little. Of course, an xsd will be made in due time.
Regards,
Henk
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- dr. Henk Ellermann
- Erasmus Electronic Publishing Initiative
- University Library, Erasmus University Rotterdam
- P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- ellermann@...
- http://eepi.ubib.eur.nl/iliit/index.html
- tel: +31 (0) 10 4081284/81208
- cell: +31 (0) 6 41 50 2002
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